Mediation dilemmas in Sudan — the Jeddah and IGAD initiatives

13.02.2025 14:15 - 15:30English

After two years with a brutal war, there are bleak prospects for Sudan.

FCDO/Russell Watkins
Sudan’s war will soon complete its second year with bleak prospects for ending it in the near future. The war has resulted in one of the most serious humanitarian disasters in the world right now. Internal and external mediation attempts have sought to put an end to the war but none have succeeded.
Two of the most ambitious external mediation efforts are the US-Saudi led Jeddah Platform and the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). Focussing on humanitarian and military aspects, the Jeddah Platform managed to bring the warring parties to indirect negotiations but with no tangible outcomes. The IGAD initiative focusses more on political dimensions of the war.
This seminar will analyse the two initiatives and explain why they did not succeed.
This seminar is part of the RDV – Rights, Democracy and Welfare – seminar series, which is a collaboration between the DIPA Centre for research on Discretion and Paternalism, Department of Government UiB, and LawTransform.
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Bergen Global
Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen

13.02.2025
14:15 - 15:30
English
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Munzoul Assal
Munzoul Assal
Professor, University of Khartoum / UiB / CMI

Munzoul Assal is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Khartoum and Senior Researcher at CMI.

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Munzoul Assal

Professor, University of Khartoum / UiB / CMI
Munzoul Assal

Munzoul Assal is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Khartoum and Senior Researcher at CMI.

He is also Professor at the Department of social anthropology, UiB. Prior to this he was the Director of the Peace Research Institute at the University of Khartoum, and Dean of Scientific Research.

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